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February 23rd, 2010 5:43 PM
Sen. Pat Roberts denies CIA waterboard chargeBy Kasie Hunt /
Politico Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) is denying a CIA claim that he gave the go-ahead to destroy tapes that showed agency officials waterboarding terror suspect Abu Zubayda, disputing a recently released CIA document that claims the former Intelligence Committee chairman knew about plans to destroy waterboarding evidence.
In a Feb. 4, 2003, briefing that included Roberts and one of then-Vice Chairman Jay Rockefeller's top staffers, CIA officials told Roberts that they intended to destroy the tapes.
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Pavitt and Muller briefly described the circumstances surrounding the existence of tapes of the Zubayda debriefing," a summary of the briefing says. "Muller indicated that it was our intention to destroy these tapes, which were created in any case as but an aide to the interrogations. ... Senator Roberts listened carefully and gave his consent.”
Roberts said he never signed off on destroying the waterboarding tapes.
"At no time did Senator Roberts assent to the destruction of any videotapes. Sen. Roberts today called on the Justice Department to release all the memoranda that exist regarding briefings for all members of Congress," Roberts spokeswoman Sarah Little said. "As the memorandum clearly states, Sen. Roberts received his initial briefing on the CIA interrogation program on February 4, 2003. He was briefed by the CIA’s General Counsel that the interrogations were lawful according to the National Security Council and the Justice Department, including the Criminal Division and the Attorney General.” ........(more)
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